“What Would You Do?” by ABC is a hidden camera series where people are put into ethical dilemmas, given the choice between passively accepting injustice and standing up for what they believe is right.
This soldier didn’t hesitate to speak up when a young man started harassing a Muslim cashier, refusing to be served by him because “he’s a Muslim.”
The uniformed man defended freedom of religion for all, stating, “We live in America, he can have whatever religion he wants.”
“That’s the reason I wear the uniform — so anyone can live free in this country.”When the producer arrived on the scene to explain that the heckler and the cashier were both actors, the soldier downplayed his “heroic” response by saying, “If you’re an American, you’re an American. Period.”
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O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other). Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of God is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And God has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things). ~ Quran 49:13